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July 28, 2000
PRESS RELEASE
Keynote Measures Performance of Millionaire and Survivor
Web Sites and Big Brother Webcast -- Call Press Hotline
at (650) 522-1234 To Get Results
Note to press and analysts: Call Keynote's media and
analyst relations hotline at (650) 522-1234 to request
more information or an interview. To be added to Keynote's
press-release distribution list, send an email to press@keynote.com and specify media affiliation.
What: Performance of Millionaire and Survivor Web
Sites and Big Brother Web Site and Webcast
Broadcast networks are mining the power of the Internet
to enhance the reach of their popular, highly rated
reality shows. Keynote, The Internet Performance Authority®,
is measuring the performance of the Web sites for CBS's
Survivor, ABC's Who Wants to be a Millionaire and CBS's
Big Brother Web site and Webcast. Keynote will measure
and report on the performance of the Big Brother Webcast
with Keynote's new streaming measurement service and
on the overall performance of the Web sites for the
three shows. Data gathered by Keynote reflects the
average experience of end users accessing these Web
events online.
When: Results will be available regularly on Keynote's
media and analyst relations hotline at (650) 522-1234.
To arrange for an interview regarding the performance
of these Web sites, contact Keynote public relations.
How: Keynote will measure the performance of these
Web sites from 25 metropolitan areas in the U.S. at
the following URLs:
- CBS's Survivor at http://www.cbs.com/survivor
- CBS's Big Brother at http://www.bigbrother2000.com/
- ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire http://heavy.etv.go.com/milnow/site/index.html
and http://abc.go.com/primetime/millionaire/mill_home.html
About Keynote
Keynote, The Internet Performance Authority®, is
the world's leading provider of e-commerce performance
benchmarking, diagnostic, load-testing and consulting
services. The company markets Keynote PerspectiveTM,
Transaction PerspectiveTM, Consumer PerspectiveTM,
Diagnostic PerspectiveTM, Desktop AnalyzerTM and Keynote
Red AlertTM, global real-time services that measure,
assure and improve the quality of service of e-commerce
Web sites around the world and KeyReadinessTM, an accurate
and realistic pre- and post- deployment Web-site load
testing service. Keynote currently measures more than
12,500 URLs using its global infrastructure of more
than 800 measurement computers connected to the major
Internet backbones from over 120 statistically selected
Internet access locations in 50 metropolitan areas
worldwide. Internet performance and availability data
are collected at Keynote's sophisticated operations
center and are instantly available to customers through
any Web browser.
Keynote customers include over 2,250 leading
e-commerce Web sites and hosting companies including
AdForce (Nasdaq:CMGI),
Akamai (Nasdaq: AKAM), Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI), Compaq
Computer (NYSE:CPQ), Cisco Systems (Nasdaq:CSCO), Dell
Computer (Nasdaq:DELL), Digital Island (Nasdaq:ISLD),
Digex (Nasdaq:DIGX), DoubleClick (Nasdaq:DCLK), Global
Center (Nasdaq:GBLX), Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT), National
Semiconductor (NYSE:NSM), SABRE Holdings (NYSE:TSG),
UPS (NYSE: UPS) and WorldCom/UUNET (Nasdaq:WCOM).
Keynote
is a member of the internationally known Stanford
University Statistics Department's Industrial Affiliates
Program. Keynote works with experts in the program
to help define its methodology for measuring Web
site
performance and ensure the accuracy of its data.
For
further information about Keynote, visit the
Keynote Web site at http://www.keynote.com or
contact the company at Keynote Systems Inc., 2855
Campus Drive, San Mateo,
California 94403, telephone (650) 522-1000, fax (650)
522-1099, email info@keynote.com or
call Keynote's public relations hotline at (650)
522-1234. To be added
to Keynote's press-release distribution list, send
an email to press@keynote.com and
specify your press affiliation. Investors interested
in additional information
should contact Jenniffer Siemaszko, Keynote's manager
of investor relations, at jsiemaszko@keynote.com or
(650) 522-1026. The Internet Performance Authority
is a registered trademark and Keynote, Perspective,
MyKeynote, Lifeline,
KeyReadiness and Keynote Red Alert are
trademarks of Keynote Systems, Inc. Other
trademarks are the property
of their respective owners.
Editorial
Contacts:
Dan Berkowitz, Keynote, (650) 522-1168, dberkowitz@keynote.com
Della Lowe, Keynote, (650) 522-1090, della.lowe@keynote.com
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